Sunday, February 14, 2010

HBS interview invite

Last Friday, HBS released about 800 interview invites to R2 applicants. I was lucky enough to get one of them. Since I was attending DAK at Kellogg, I was perfectly distracted from worrying about the invite. In addition, after R1, I was more realistic about my expectations and was psychologically prepared to not get an invite from HBS. So when I signed into the Kellogg wifi with my admit account(I thought that was a nice touch for Kellogg), and saw that invite sitting in my email, I was pleasantly surprised.

I felt honored to be selected by HBS to move on to the next stage in this almost cruel admission process. At the same time, I plan to continue staying humble and grounded, because I know there are so many applicants out there with amazing achievements, great aspirations and big hearts who didn't make it this time. And I am by no means better than them.

I also want to continue through the process with a realistic expectation. After-all, about half of all interviewed applicants don't make it in the end. Most applicants do well in interviews and a lot of time it will come down to factors outside of our control at this point. Therefore, all I aim to do is to try my best at the interview and be ok with whatever the final result would be.

btw, I had a great time at DAK. It was exhuasting but extremely informational and very fun. I will write a detailed post later this week with pictures!

Hope you had a great valentine's day or/and Chinese New Year! :)

12 comments:

  1. An interview invite from HBS is truly an honor considering their gruesome selection process! Wish you all the best.

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  2. Congratulations! Fantastic news - best of luck :).

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  3. Congrats DC :) You rock !! All the best..

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  4. congratulations and best of luck with the i/v

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  5. thanks all for the well-wishes! I will try my best!

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  6. Congrats on landing the interview! Not sure if you received my email in reply to your comment, but feel free to contact me whenever you get the chance.

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  7. wow thats awesome! congrats on the interview, its an accomplishment in itself!

    Glad to hear you enjoyed DAK!

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  8. You're one step closer to the dilemma we talked about :)

    Good luck !

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  9. That's fantastic news! Best of luck with the interview.

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  10. i know i'm late to the conversation, but Congratulations on the interview... when is it?

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